Bees all over the world are dying off and killer pesticides are
responsible. Europe's leaders could ban these toxic chemicals but
we only have days left to make our voices heard.
Quietly, globally, billions
of bees are dying, threatening
our crops and food. But in
days the European Union could ban the most poisonous
pesticides, and
pave the way to a global prohibition that would save bees from
extinction.
Four EU countries have begun banning these
poisons, and
some bee populations are already recovering. Weeks ago the official
European food safety watchdog stated for the first time that
certain pesticides are fatally harming bees. Now legal experts
and European
politicians are calling for an immediate ban. But, Bayer and other
giant pesticide producers are lobbying hard to
keep them on the market.
